The United Services Institute of Vancouver Island was founded in 1927 and granted the Royal prefix by HM Queen Elizabeth II in 1972. Today the Honourable Steven L. Point, OBC, Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, is the Institute’s Honorary Patron.
The Institute has a scheduled luncheon meeting on the second Wednesday of the months January to May, and September to November. Please see the Events Calendar page for the current speakers schedule.
What’s New
2 February 2011: First Quarter 2012 Newsletter Posted to the Website
- DND Plan to Buy 1,500 Trucks Starting Over from Square One
- National RCMP Grave Information Website and Database
- Another Take on UAVs
- Canada Picked Its Kandahar Moment
- CF Appreciation Program: Savings for Serving & Retired CF Members
- HMCS Victoria Sea Trials
- The Last Post
- New Members
- Mark Your Calendar
- The Pacific Tattoo
12 June 2011: Seven more Veterans’ Oral History Essays have been posted.
- A Bird's Eye View: Three Senior Officers' Perspectives on the Cold War RCAF/AIRCOM
- Beyond the Call of Duty: The Canadian Navy and Humanitarianism
- Canadian Forces in Domestic Olympic Security Initiatives Past, Present and Future
- From Cold War to Arab Heat: NATO and The Changing Canadian Navy In The Gulf
- Nuclear Defence: An Explanation of Canada's Cold War Civil Defence and National Survival Effort
- Oral History and the United Nations Force In Cyprus
- The Uses of Oral History: Some considerations with regard to the Canadian Experience in the former Yugoslavia
Mailing address:
Royal United Services Institute of Vancouver Island
Bay Street Armoury
715 Bay Street
Victoria, BC V8T 1R1
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